The Chinese Literary Criticism for Ordering the State in Japanese Literature from the 8th to the 9th Centuries

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K16766
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Seigakuin University
• Principal Investigator: KINOSHITA Ayako 聖学院大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (90530064)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 日中比較文学 / 日本古代漢文学史 / 文章経国思想 / 貞観の治

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The following was clarified by comparing these, materials relating to the Tang Tai-tsung, Chinese Emperor and the classical Chinese literary (kanbun), history books, political documents in the 8th to 9th centuries of Japan. It can see the the influence of the Tang Tai-tsung's literary and political views can be seen for over 100 years, and in the past the literary criticism for ordering the state was considered to have risen in the early 9th century and to decline in the middle, but only the leader is changed from the Emperor to the Fujiwara regent family, and continued in the late 9th century.

Free Research Field

人文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本古代漢文学史上の重要課題である「文章経国思想」は、9世紀初頭の嵯峨朝、中期の清和朝、後期の宇多朝・醍醐朝それぞれにおいて中国・初唐の太宗皇帝の「貞観の治」に伴って示された文学観・政治観を受容した結果、あらわれたものであり、「貞観の治」受容の展開はすなわち「文章経国思想」の展開であると解明したことで、日本文学史に新たな視座を提供した。